National average salary: $70,825 per year Primary duties: Web developers write code used to create websites.  A web developer can envision a page and build it using front and backend code.

National average salary: $76,454 per year Primary duties: Architects sketch building designs for residential and commercial use, combining artistic abilities with mathematical formulas to ensure safety, structure and building standards.

National average salary: $70,466 per year Primary duties: An industrial designer creates products such as cars, furniture and appliances. In these roles, creative people can be innovative and find new ways to present a product, often utilizing engineering skills.

National average salary: $47,736 per year Primary duties: Journalism is another career choice for creative people in which writers specifically cover news for print, digital and television. Positions include on-air, online and print journalists, all with a good grasp 

on creative writing as well as providing the “who, what, when, where and why” to every story.

National average salary: $51,595 per year Primary duties: An illustrator creates the artwork that accompanies books, magazines and other publications. Positions include illustrating children’s books, creating marketing materials or drawing for 

scientific or medical books and magazines.

National average salary: $53,852 per year Primary duties: Copywriters work for advertising and marketing agencies or directly for a business. They’re responsible for applying marketing principles to compose compelling copy that accompanies 

visual elements in ads, videos and other types of marketing content.

National average salary: $60,304 per year Primary duties: Interior designers work on the plans of homes, businesses and industrial spaces. Also, working with computer programs or sketches, interior designers consider the tastes of the customer, as well as the 

functionality of a space, budget and aesthetics.

National average salary: $61,499 per year Primary duties: An advertising manager works to create campaigns to promote products and services. A manager reviews and approves creative materials for print, web, radio and television, with the final product 

placed in appropriate media categories as advertisements. Advertising managers also track and monitor the campaign results for effectiveness.

National average salary: $70,039 per year Primary duties: Art directors create the styles and elements of a product while supervising other artists. Art directors are often found in media industries, such as publications, advertising agencies, theater, film.

National average salary: $66,903 per year Primary duties: Marketing managers develop marketing plans and strategies to achieve company goals, which include creating a demand for a company’s products or services. Marketing managers establish the policies, 

identify target markets, monitor campaigns and their effectiveness and work with advertising and promotional teams.

National average salary: $63,533 per year Primary duties: Tattoo artist positions involve sketching and inking permanent images onto the skin. Considering these works involve needles and blood, many states have licensing requirements for tattoo artists.

National average salary: $61,996 per year Primary duties: Applying makeup can be a work of art, so being a makeup artist can serve as a great career option for a creative person. Transforming faces so people can look their best or fit a specific role—including actors, 

politicians and public figures—makeup artists use color to highlight and enhance features, skin tones and looks.